Fitlet2 - Ubuntu Server won't reboot or shutdown

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waytodawn
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Fitlet2 - Ubuntu Server won't reboot or shutdown

Post by waytodawn »

First of all I want to say sorry for my possibly bad english, since it's not my native language.


I try to install Ubuntu Server LTS (tried with 14.04.4, 14.04.5 and 16.04.03) via USB Stick.
The basic installation works fine, however I have this issue:

Neither "shutdown -h -P now" nor "reboot" is working on this device.
Is there any BIOS setting I might have missed or is the fitlet2 not compatible with Ubuntu server?

tamir
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Re: Fitlet2 - Ubuntu Server won't reboot or shutdown

Post by tamir »

That is quite strange, if typing - "sudo shutdown -f" wouldn't work then please refer to the below link:
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Intel: ... ux_Mint_18
And try to test those features in GUI on the linux mint.

waytodawn
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Re: Fitlet2 - Ubuntu Server won't reboot or shutdown

Post by waytodawn »

Thank you.
On Linux Mint the GUI and the commands in the shell do their work. The computer does shutdown or reboot.

I was able to install Mint (Grub) after changing a few UEFI settings.

Since Mint is similar to Ubuntu I still cannot explain why there is this issue!

The plan was to use the fitlet2 headless as a VPN gateway - but it won't fit our requirements, if the device cannot reboot or shutdown when it has to.

waytodawn
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Re: Fitlet2 - Ubuntu Server won't reboot or shutdown

Post by waytodawn »

Update:
I suspected the kernel version to be the solution.
I don't know if it is really the case, but after I tried Ubuntu Server 17.10.1 (Kernel 4.13) the reboot and shutdown function are working proberly.
Looks like we did both have the same idea.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

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